West 240 and our community

Your Community League Board recognizes that development of West 240 is top of mind with all Grandview Heights residents. This is a complex, multi-year project that will impact all of us to varying degrees. We are committed to keeping you, our neighbors, informed and up to date as much as possible; hence the creation of this web page. We will post updates, event notifications, opinions and more on this page.

We strongly encourage everyone to personally attend all of the Open Houses in order to gain firsthand information. They provide  us with the opportunity to speak directly to representatives of the University of Alberta Properties Trust, UAPT. The UAPT is an independent trust charged with developing the W240 and other lands owned by the University of Alberta.

Alma Development Update (formerly West 240)

The development of a new neighbourhood on the U of A Farm is top of mind with GVH residents. The League has been actively engaged in the ongoing public consultation process with the University of Alberta Properties Trust (UAPT) and the City and has consistently reported that GVH does not want a road link to the new neighbourhood, due to concerns about cut-through traffic, which will have the single greatest negative impact on our community.

The City is now reviewing the plan submitted by the UAPT. When the review is complete, the City will set a date for a Public Hearing before City Council which will either approve or deny the plan. The City will prepare the bylaws and a planning report which will be made available to the public three weeks before the Public Hearing. The City will send a mailed notice notifying GVH residents. The Community League is preparing to speak at the Public Hearing and is now soliciting resident feedback to ensure its submission reflects neighbourhood views.

The League is now aware that the City would like to see a road link between Alma and GVH off 62 Ave. at 129 St. in the final plan. The plan submitted by the UAPT provided pedestrian/bike access only.  If approved, a road link could bring 700 vehicles of cut-through traffic daily to GVH. The City wants the link to provide a bus transit route to/from Alma through GVH to 122 St. A road link would also allow residents to drive between the two neighbourhoods. It would also increase traffic pressures at GVH’s two road access points off 122 St. More information on the impacts of a road link is available in the Phase 2 Document Library at https://engaged.edmonton.ca/West240 in the “Collector Network Review” traffic study.

The League is now soliciting GVH resident feedback on a road link to ensure its submission at the Public Hearing credibly reflects neighbourhood views. A survey was distributed to all GVH residents in early November 2026 with a response deadline of November 20. The League is also holding a Road Link Info Session at 7:30pm on Wednesday, November 18 at the GVH Hall.

Proposed road link/bus route from Alma through GVH